Добірка наукової літератури з теми "Folk choreographic art"

The article considers the components of national culture as theoretical foundations of pedagogical heritage and activities of the outstanding Ukrainian teacher, musicologist, ethnographer, choreographer, conductor and composerV. Verkhovynets. These include folklore, musical, choreographic and dramatic art. The essence of Ukrainian folklore as a form of social consciousness and its national peculiarities is revealed. The criteria of distribution of folklore to genres are given (by discharges, means of artistic expressiveness and the nature of their combination). Epic prose and song genres are described. The specifics of using animal tales by the teacher are revealed. The author analyzes artistic features of lyrical genres: songs (labor, charm, anthem, heroic, elegiac, humorous); musical-choreographic (domestic dance, plot dance), song and choreography (dance song, round dance, choral and play song). Dramatic genres (ceremonial games, folk games, folk drama) are described. The educational value of Ukrainian folklore, musical and choreographic art is revealed. The peculiarities of their application by V. Verkhovynets in work with student and student youth, with artistic theatrical, choral and choreographic groups are analyzed. The role of choral art in the educational process was identified and its place in the work of the teacher was determined. The results of implementation national culture’s components in its theoretical activities (creation of scientific works "Ukrainian Wedding", "Theory of Ukrainian folk dance", "Vesnyanychka") are highlighted.

Introduction. Among the processes that are clearly traced in the modern artistic practices of Mordovia, there is one that draws particular attention – the desire to comprehend folk art in a new way, to actualize the traditional layers of culture within the framework of neo-traditional forms of contemporary art. A folk dance is an example of one of the directions of modern choreography. The purpose of the article is to review the experience of creating choreographic suites in modern dance in Mordovia, based on traditional folklore. This allows studying the techniques of citing traditional forms of folk art in contemporary art and the ways of their actualization. Materials and Methods. As the main material for studying, this study analyzed the performances of choreographers of Mordovia, working with such modern dance as choreographic suites «Girl-birch» and «Eight Mordovian songs». It was possible to formulate answers to the research tasks as a result of the application of a systematic analysis of sources on this topic, as well as carrying out a comparative analysis of the compositional structures of these choreographic suites, the specific features of the construction of their choreographic texts and work with musical material. Results and Discussion. The actualization of traditional artistic practices in contemporary art is an experiment and constant search for new ways of expression. Within the framework of one of the neo-traditionalist trends in contemporary art, folk dance, one can observe the way how traditional values are rethought and considered as relevant now, thereby the past becomes part of the modern way of life. In this context, the analysis of the search for a new way of expression within the framework of the suite form is of particular interest. As a result of the analysis of the compositional forms of modern choreographic performances in Mordovia, it revealed two trends in the development of the form of a choreographic suite: a movement along the path of creating a production with non-classical content on the basis of the classical suite structure and an appeal to traditional compositional forms of folk art and filling them with relevant content. Conclusion. The neo-traditional trend in art is based on the idea that tradition is not only the past of the people, it also exists here and now, our actual present. With the advent of the folk direction in modern choreography, the search for such an actual true tradition has become a unique feature of modern dance in Mordovia. Within the framework of this article, some ways of the development of folk direction were noted, associated with experiments in relation to the form of a choreographic suite and the main trends in the search for the development of the dance form were outlined.

The system of artistic and aesthetic education with the help of various arts, elevation of rhythm and choreography in a bright pedagogical theory and practice was laid in the early 20's of the XX century. All the accumulated experience in this field contributed to the improvement of the content of choreographic training and led to the process of separating professional art education from amateur and the creation of appropriate educational institutions for children. Choreographic creativity is one of the means of comprehensive development of students studying at the school of arts. Performing cognitive and educational functions, choreographic art is inseparable from its aesthetic function: choreography lessons promote the development of visual, auditory and motor forms of sensory and emotional perception of the world. Students learn to convey the movements of the various nature of music, its dynamics, tempo, to change the movement in connection with the change of parts of a piece of music, to begin with the beginning of music. The success of artistic and aesthetic education of children by means of choreography is due to the synthesizing nature of choreography, which combines music, rhythm, dance, fine arts, theater and plastic movements. The educational program for the specialty «Choreography» (today) is designed for eight years of study. Choreographic training of students of the choreographic department includes the following profile disciplines: classical dance, folk-stage dance, modern pop dance, gymnastics. Elective disciplines can also be chosen: historical and everyday dance, concert number staging, sports and ballroom dancing, duet dance. Related subjects: drawing, music, art history. The basis of the content of teaching choreographic art, regardless of the type and genre of choreography, is the involvement of students in active motor activity, which by nature is divided into: executive, improvisational, creative [development potential]. Students have the opportunity to realize themselves in the creative laboratories of art schools - choreographic groups and ensembles.

Over the decades, starting from the late 1930’s, soviet journalistic reportage about professional and mainly amateur folk dance groups from central European regions of the USSR and Siberia, Ukraine, Transcaucasia and other parts of the Soviet Union were full of reports about choreog- raphers’ "ethnographic expeditions" down the country and their desire to "learn from the people" dance technique. Why did "field collection" of the choreographic material hold a prominent place and deserve special mention in the stories about amateur folk dance arts? Weren’t numerous stories about folk trips the invention? In the article subsequent steps are undertaken to answer these questions. Firstly, the place of amateur dance art performance in the official soviet culture and the specialists’ role of choreographic business in its development are out- lined. Secondly, there is an explanation of reasons of author’s doubts in authenticity of soviet choreographers’ numerous stories about "going to the people". Thirdly, the art of dancing soviet experts’ motives, that frequently inspired them to the fictional stories about the collection of choreographic folklore are explained. Therefore, it makes an attempt to renew folk dance soviet specialists’ logic of notion about the subject of their passion, liking and professional activities. In the issue the author comes to the conclusion that ritualized stories about the analysis of folk sources by choreographer-directors were the significant argument in corroboration of "folk roots" of the soviet choreographic creative work. As the result, in the soviet discourse of folk dance the stories about choreographic "going to the people" paradoxically made instrumentalization of fiction in substantiation of "authenticity".

The subject of this research is the analysis of choreographic art of the Altai Republic in the context of reconstruction of the concepts of traditional culture of the Altai people on the example of the State National Dance Theater “Altam”. Relevance of the selected topic lies in the fact that Altai dance is studied virtually for the first time. The article reviews the traditional culture of the Altai people, namely dance culture. The goal is to examine Altai dance as an independent form of choreographic art in reconstruction of the artistic stage imagery. The theoretical and practical significance consists in proving the relevance of analysis of the activity of the Altai Dance Theater “Altam” as a laboratory of practical implementation of the results of research work on studying traditional culture of the Altai people. The acquired results on the development of choreographic art in the Altai Republic give a better perspective on the artistic-imagery structure of stage performance. The methodological framework is based on the art, historical, and comparative methods that allows clarifying the specificity of development of the Altai folk choreography in the context of ethnic theatrical art, as well as revealing the peculiarities of such organics in creating the artistic-imagery structure of stage performance. Scientific novelty lies in the attempt to generalize and analyze the sources for studying the Altai dance. The author traces the evolution of the national choreographic art, beginning with the folklore origins. The article introduces into the scientific discourse the factual material, such as examination of dance elements in petroglyphs, folk epic tales, folklore, cultural rites, folk games and songs. The author observes the transformation of the indicated range of sources in various genres of national choreography. The analysis of ethnic creativity of the Altai National Dance Theater “Altam” demonstrates that for many years Altai dance integrates the typical for Altai people motions, poses, gestures, substantiated by ethno-genetic identification. The article directly connects the traditional Altai dance and formation of the Altai folk stage dance for the purpose of establishment and development of the professional choreographic art of the Altai people.

The article examines аn analysis of well-known art groups, dance and choreographic clubs, folk, modern and modern sports and ballroom dance ensembles in Kharkiv has been given. It has been established that choreography training for primary school-age children in extracurricular institutions is currently taking place in amateur groups and in specialized art institutions

The development of Altai dance is closely related to the history of the Altai people. Modern Altai people, like other Turkic peoples of Southern Siberia, have not preserved traditional dances in the form in which they were performed in everyday life. The reason for this was that the art of dance has a spatially – temporal character and it is difficult to record it. It is necessary in the analysis of folk dance to use the instrumentation of all fields of art science, to apply a systemic and interdisciplinary approach. It is in this that the authors see a further research horizon. In modern conditions, when the self-consciousness of each people increases, choreographic art, as part of the spiritual culture of the people, responds to all the events of life. The relevance of this study is due to the modern trend of the revival of the national and cultural heritage of the Altai Republic. One of the pressing problems of modern choreography, its theoretical understanding, is the study of the origins of folk stage dance. The fact that lacunae exist in this area of historical and cultural knowledge is evidenced by the lack of textbooks, incomplete complexes of educational and methodological literature. Choreographers, both in the educational process and in staging practice, are faced with the need for a clear theoretical design, the development of a scientific apparatus in this matter. In folk dance, closely connected with the life and life of the people, the peculiarities of its character, feelings, temperament, manner of artistic thinking are especially pronounced, that is, a kind of “choreographic portrait of the nation” is created. Folk dance, plastically expresses ethnic historical experience, is a kind of artistic embodiment of the historical memory of the nation, and thus affects the strengthening of national identity. The importance of the theoretical understanding of folklore in the development of choreography (as in musical or decorative art) is difficult to overestimate. He is a source of ideas, expressive means, often becomes an aesthetic standard in the creative activities of the modern choreographer. The national identity of the dance culture of the people is connected with the stable historical community of language, territory, economic life, psychological warehouse, culture of life, customs and traditions. National art bears both the originality of what it reflects and how it reflects. All this is reflected in folk dance, affects the nature of plastic. From here, the dances of one people are not similar to those of another, and even one ethnic group, divided geographically, dances differ. For example, Russian folk dance has common features characteristic of Russian dance in general, but at the same time it also has bright regional features. Dance culture in geographically distant territories varies in character, manner of performance, and originality of drawing, and subject matter. The main difficulty in studying this issue is the difficulty of “translating” the plastic language into speech discourse. Hence the difficulty in fixing and writing the description of choreography. There may be discrepancies and misinterpretations of the records of researchers of the past due to the lack of an agreed methodology and categorical apparatus.

The purpose of the article is to identify the main aspects of the work of choreographers of the Terebovlya Cultural Education School Anatolii and Oleksandra Polishchuk. Methodology. The use of a set of general and special methods, such as analysis and synthesis, culturological approach, consideration of events in chronological order, art analysis to identify stylistic features of choreographic productions by A. Polishchuk, etc., contributed to the objective study. Scientific novelty. For the first time, a special study is devoted to the works of Anatolii and Oleksandra Polishchuk, their role in the development of the choreographic culture of the Ternopil region is clarified, stylistic features of A. Polishchuk’s choreographic performances are revealed. Conclusions. The powerful artistic impulse received by Anatolii and Oleksandra Polishchuk, future teachers of the Terebovlya Cultural Education School, at the O. E. Korniychuk Kyiv State Institute of Culture made it possible to reach the highest levels of artistic and pedagogical skill in the Ternopil region. They resumed the work of the dance ensemble at the school, created a folk dance ensemble "Chervona kalyna" in Ternopil. A. Polishchuk's choreography combined artistic rethinking of Nadzbruchany choreographic folklore, interpretation of dances that became symbols of Ukrainian folk choreography ("Kozachok", "Hopak", etc.) with author's choreographic compositions, the figurative structure of which is closely related to the rich folk culture, in particular, the symbolism of household items and psychoemotional characteristics as a sign of ethnic mentality ("Chervona kalyna", "Loburyaki").

The article investigates creative activity of one of the V. Avramenko’s well-known students, Galician choreographer O. Gerdan-Zaklynska in homeland and in emigration. It analyzes her contribution to the development of "expressive" dance in the first half of the 20th century within the specificity of Ukrainian choreographic art. The performing and pedagogical activity of the choreographer is considered in the context of the preservation and development of the national historical and cultural heritage. It is stated that the direction of creative and pedagogical activity of O. Gerdan-Zaklynska in emigration speaks of the desire not only to preserve individual spiritual values and achievements of Ukrainian dance culture, but also to popularize them and concurrently contribute to the synthesis of Ukrainian and foreign choreography. Synthesizing the best traditions of national art with the innovative experience of Western European choreography, O. Gerdan-Zaklynska presented a unique Galician style of performing modern dance at the global level. While searching for the originality and authenticity of Ukrainian folk-stage dance, she invented the so-called motor symbols that contributed to the formation of a new coding of dance.

The article is concerned with life and creative path of P. Virskyi and the ensemble he leads in the context of cultural diplomacy. The author analyses that the aspiration to create realistic and folk plays by nature has influenced the artist in his exploring and further developing the folk dance. Therefore, applying the experience of folk talents, Virskyi was committed to create characters of Ukrainian stage dance, expanded and enriched its expressiveness. Pavlo Virskyi directed some choreographic performances already in the first days of his activity as choreographer, but his actual work on the formation of the Ukrainian stage dance started in 1936, particularly following successful performance of the outstanding theatrical play “Zaporozhets za Dunaiem” (Eng. A Zaporizhian (Cossack) Beyond the Danube).In 1937, Virskyi and Bolotov organized the first ever in Ukraine folk dance ensemble and quit Taras Shevchenko National Opera and Ballet Theatre of Ukraine, where they headed a ballet group. The choreographers involved in the ensemble skilled young people as well as a team of experienced ballet dancers, among whom was M. Ivashchenko − their old friend and companion, brilliant performer of folk dances. Later B. Tairov and I. Kurylov engaged in choreographic process. The ensemble captured people’s attention, successfully performing at the VI World Festival of Youth and Students in Moscow in the summer of 1957. The group of youngsters of the ensemble attained the title of winners of the VI World Festival and was awarded gold medals and the first-place diploma (soloists V. Kotliar, L. Zastrozhnova, H. Chapkis, N. Birka, L. Sarafanov, B. Mokrov, V. Holyk). Artists of the dance ensemble of the Ukrainian SSR performed for the audience from many countries of the world: Poland, Czechoslovakia, China, Vietnam, Cuba, Angola, France, Austria, Portugal, Spain, Belgium, USA, Canada, Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, Peru, Chile, Colombia, Venezuela. All of the countries equally acknowledged the ensemble. The troupe performances abroad not only were a great success, but also sparked a massive political resonance. The national press continuously wrote about the unsurpassed art created by renowned Ukrainian choreographer P. Virskyi and his invaluable contribution to the development of Ukrainian folk dance choreography. V. Korniichuk, Honoured Journalist of Ukraine, author of the article “To pioneer of Ukrainian folk dance” noticed the festive concert dedicated to the 90-annivarsary of P. Virskyi’s birth. In his speech before the concert, Y. Stanishevskyi, Doctor of Arts, Honoured Art Worker of Ukraine, member of the International Academy of Dance, declared, “P. Virskyi is a distinguished master of choreography, director and pioneer of Ukrainian folk dance, who not only formed a unique dance group, but also glorified Ukraine on all continents by the high art.” Keywords: cultural diplomacy, Ukrainian folk dance, art, artistic view, Virskyi.

У дослідженні здійснено теоретичне узагальнення та вирішено наукове завдання щодо підготовки майбутніх учителів фізичної культури до використання засобів народного хореографічного мистецтва у професійній діяльності. З’ясовано, що актуальність розглянутої проблеми підтверджується змінами вимог суспільства до особистості вчителя фізичної культури, який має бути активним, творчим, прагнути до самовдосконалення. Обґрунтовано основні принципи, закономірності й методологічні підходи підготовки майбутніх учителів фізичної культури до використання засобів народного хореографічного мистецтва у професійній діяльності. Уточнено сутність поняття «підготовка майбутніх учителів фізичної культури» як процесу, що передбачає формування професійної спрямованості особистості, засвоєння нею сукупності теоретичних знань, формування практичних умінь і навичок, накопичення досвіду, результатом якого є готовність майбутніх учителів фізичної культури до професійної діяльності. Встановлено, що готовність майбутніх учителів фізичної культури до використання засобів народного хореографічного мистецтва у професійній діяльності – це інтегральне особистісне утворення, що містить знання сутності народної хореографічної діяльності, характеризується зацікавленістю студентів та їх активною участю у творчій діяльності, застосуванням необхідних професійно-педагогічних умінь та навичок. Обґрунтовано структуру готовності майбутніх вчителів фізичної культури до використання засобів народного хореографічного мистецтва в єдності її компонентів: мотиваційно–ціннісного, когнітивного і діяльнісного. Ураховуючи напрацювання науковців і компонентний склад готовності майбутніх учителів фізичної культури до використання засобів народного хореографічного мистецтва, визначено критерії її сформованості, зокрема: особистісний, змістовий і творчий. Диференційовано рівні (високий, середній, низький) готовності майбутніх учителів фізичної культури до використання засобів народного хореографічного мистецтва у професійній діяльності. Проведено діагностику аналізованого процесу визначено й науково обґрунтовано педагогічні умови, спроектовано модель підготовки майбутніх учителів до використання засобів народного хореографічного мистецтва (лексика народного танцю, хореографічні композиції, рухи народних танців, музика). Ураховуючи результати аналізу наукової літератури, досвіду роботи закладів вищої освіти, результатів констатувального етапу експерименту щодо підготовки майбутніх учителів до використання засобів народного хореографічного мистецтва, визначено педагогічні умови: формування позитивної мотивації майбутніх учителів фізичної культури до використання засобів народного хореографічного мистецтва у професійній діяльності; удосконалення змісту підготовки майбутніх учителів фізичної культури на основі впровадження міждисциплінарного спецкурсу «Танцювальний хортинг»; використання інноваційних методів навчання у підготовці майбутніх учителів фізичної культури до використання засобів народного хореографічного мистецтва у професійній діяльності. Теоретично обґрунтовано авторську модель підготовки майбутніх учителів фізичної культури до використання засобів народного хореографічного мистецтва у єдності її складових: цільової, теоретико-методологічної, організаційно-змістової та діагностично-результативної. У цільовому блоці моделі відображено соціальне замовлення суспільства на підготовку конкурентоздатних і висококваліфікованих учителів фізичної культури, мета і завдання освітньої діяльності. Теоретико-методологічний блок містить методологічні підходи (культурологічний; компетентнісний; системний; особистісний; діяльнісний; аксіологічний (ціннісний); міждисциплінарний, етнопедагогічний) і принципи організації підготовки майбутніх учителів фізичної культури до використання засобів народного хореографічного мистецтва у професійній діяльності. В організаційно-змістовому блоці моделі конкретизовано зміст, форми, методи і організацію підготовки майбутніх учителів фізичної культури до використання засобів народного хореографічного мистецтва у професійній діяльності. Діагностично-результативний блок моделі репрезентує очікувані результати впровадження педагогічних умов шляхом виявлення рівнів (високий, середній, низький) готовності майбутніх учителів фізичної культури до використання засобів народного хореографічного мистецтва у професійній діяльності; а також результат цього процесу – позитивну динаміку готовності майбутніх учителів фізичної культури до використання засобів народного хореографічного мистецтва у професійній діяльності. За результатами формувального етапу експерименту підтверджено дієвість запропонованих педагогічних умов підготовки майбутніх учителів фізичної культури до використання засобів народного хореографічного мистецтва у професійній діяльності. Його методика охоплювала сукупність комплексних і системних педагогічних заходів впливу на майбутніх учителів фізичної культури з метою поетапного формування в них усіх компонентів готовності до використання засобів народного хореографічного мистецтва у професійній діяльності. Статистичну значущість виявлених у результаті аналізу змін у рівнях готовності майбутніх учителів фізичної культури до використання засобів народного хореографічного мистецтва у професійній діяльності експериментальної і контрольної груп підтверджено відповідною математичною обробкою одержаних даних за допомогою критерію кутового перетворення Фішера φ*. Доведено, що впровадження педагогічних умов підготовки майбутніх учителів фізичної культури до використання засобів народного хореографічного мистецтва у професійній діяльності сприяло статистично значущим змінам. Удосконалено навчально-методичне забезпечення підготовки майбутніх учителів фізичної культури до використання засобів народного хореографічного мистецтва у професійній діяльності, зокрема розроблено: авторський спецкурс «Танцювальний хортинг»; методичні рекомендації «Ритміка і хореографія: методичні вказівки до вивчення дисципліни та самостійної роботи для студентів спеціальностей 014.11 «Середня освіта (Фізична культура)» і 017 «Фізична культура і спорт»». Для підвищення кваліфікації вчителів фізичної культури та забезпечення урізноманітнення практики викладання у закладах середньої освіти укладено методичний посібник «Методика вивчення варіативного модуля «Танцювальний хортинг» для закладів загальної середньої освіти, розроблений авторським колективом і схвалений Міністерством освіти і науки України (Протокол № 2 від 01. 07. 2019р.), варіативний модуль «Танцювальний хортинг» для загальноосвітніх навчальних закладів 10 –11 класів (рівень стандарту); навчальну програму для гуртків фізкультурно-спортивного та оздоровчо-прикладного спрямування загальної середньої освіти «Народний танець», схвалену для використання Міністерством освіти і науки України; методичний посібник для закладів загальної середньої освіти для вивчення варіативного модуля «Танцювальний хортинг», розроблений у співавторстві.
The research makes theoretical generalization and accomplishes the scientific task in training future Physical Training teachers for using means of folk choreographic art on professional activities. It is elucidated that applicability of the examined problem is justified by changes of demands of the society to the personality of a Physical Training teacher who is supposed to be active, creative, striving forself-improvement. The research substantiates the main principles, consistent patterns and methodological approaches of training future Physical Training teachers for using means of folk choreographic art in professional activities. Itclarifies the essence of the concept “training of future Physical Training teachers” as the process that provides professional orientation of a personality, their acquiring of accumulated theoretical knowledge, formation of practical skills, gaining experience resulting in readiness of future Physical Training teachers for professional activities. It is determined that readiness of future Physical Training teachers for using means of folk choreographic art in professional activities is an integral personal entity comprising knowledge of the essence of folk choreographic activity and is characterized with application of necessary professional and pedagogical skillsand means of their usage. The research substantiates the structure of readiness of future Physical Training teachers for using means of folk choreographic art in integrity of its components:motivational and axiological, cognitive and activity-oriented. Taking into consideration best practices of scientists and composition of the readiness of future Physical Training teachers for using means of folk choreographic art, there were determined criteria of its formedness including incentive, content-related and creative.There were differentiated the levels (high, medium, low) of readiness of future Physical Training teachers for using means of folk choreographic art in professional activities. There was made the diagnosis of the analyzed process,were identified and scientifically grounded pedagogical conditions and was designed the model of training future Physical Training teachers for using means of folk choreographic art (lexis of a folk dance, choreographic compositions, movements of folk dances, music). Taking into consideration the results of the analysis of scientific literature, work experience of higher educational institutions, results of the ascertaining stage of the experiment concerning training of future Physical Training teachers for using means of folk choreographic art, there were determined the following pedagogical conditions: formation of positive motivation of future Physical Training teachers for using means of folk choreographic art in their professional activities; updating of the contents of educational and instructional materials of the educational process of future Physical Training teachers and implementation of an interdisciplinary special course “Dancing khorting”; usage of innovative methods of training future Physical Training teachers for using means of choreographic art in their professional activities. There was theoretically grounded an authoring model of training futurePhysical Training teachers for using means of folk choreographic art in unity of its components: target, theoretical and methodological, organizational and content, diagnostically resultative. The target block of the model reflects social demand of the society for training competitive and highly qualified Physical Training teachers, aims and tasks of educational activities. Theoretical and methodological block comprises methodological approaches (cultural; competency-based; system; personality-oriented; activity-oriented; axiological; interdisciplinary; ethno-pedagogical) and principles of organizing the process of training future Physical Training teachers for using means of folk choreographic art in their professional activities. Organizational and content block specifies content, forms, methods and organization of training future Physical training teachers for using means of choreographic art in professional activities. Diagnostically-resultative block of the model represents the anticipated results of implementation of pedagogical conditions by identifying the levels (low, medium, high) of formednessof future Physical Training Teachers for using means of folk choreographic art in their professional activities as well as the result of this process which is positive dynamics of readiness of future Physical Training Teachers for using means of folk choreographic art in their professional activities. According to the results of the forming stage of the experiment, there was confirmed the efficacy of the suggested pedagogical conditions of training of future Physical Training teachers for using means of folk choreographic art in their professional activities. Its methodology encompasses combination of complex and system pedagogical measures of influence on future Physical Training teachers aiming at their gradual formedness of all the components of readiness for using means of folk choreographic art in their professional activities. Statistical importance of the discovered changes in the levels of formedness of readiness of future Physical Training teachers for using means of folk choreographic art in their professional activities of the experimental and reference groups was validated by corresponding mathematical processing of the received data via linear discriminant Fisher’s criterion φ*. It was proved that implementation of pedagogical conditions of training future Physical Training teachers for using means of choreographic art in their professional activities contributed to statistically significant changes. There were elaborated educational and instructional materials for training future Physical Training teachers for using means of folk choreographic art in their professional activities including the special course “Dancing khorting”; methodological recommendations “Eurhythmics and Choreography”: methodological recommendations for teaching the discipline and independent study of students of the specialty 014.11 “Secondary Education (Physical Training)” and 017 “Physical Training and Sport”. In order to improve the skills of physical education teachers and to diversify teaching practices in secondary education, a manual "Methods of studying the variable module" Dance Khorting" for institutions of secondary education was developed by the authoring team and approved by the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine (Minutes № 2 from 01. 07. 2019), there was worked out the variable module "Dance Khorting" for secondary schools of 10-11 grades (standard level); the curriculum for clubs of physical education and sports with health and applied orientation of general secondary education "Folk Dance" was approved for use by the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine; the handbook for general secondary education institutions for studying the variable module "Dance Khorting" was developed in co-authorship.

Dancing Women: Choreographing Corporeal Histories of Hindi Cinema, an ambitious study of two of South Asia’s most popular cultural forms—cinema and dance—historicizes and theorizes the material and cultural production of film dance, a staple attraction of popular Hindi cinema. It explores how the dynamic figurations of the body wrought by cinematic dance forms from the 1930s to the 1990s produce unique constructions of gender, stardom, and spectacle. By charting discursive shifts through figurations of dancer-actresses, their publicly performed movements, private training, and the cinematic and extra-diegetic narratives woven around their dancing bodies, the book considers the “women’s question” via new mobilities corpo-realized by dancing women. Some of the central figures animating this corporeal history are Azurie, Sadhona Bose, Vyjayanthimala, Helen, Waheeda Rehman, Madhuri Dixit, and Saroj Khan, whose performance histories fold and intersect with those of other dancing women, including devadasis and tawaifs, Eurasian actresses, oriental dancers, vamps, choreographers, and backup dancers. Through a material history of the labor of producing on-screen dance, theoretical frameworks that emphasize collaboration, such as the “choreomusicking body” and “dance musicalization,” aesthetic approaches to embodiment drawing on treatises like the Natya Sastra and the Abhinaya Darpana, and formal analyses of cine-choreographic “techno-spectacles,” Dancing Women offers a variegated, textured history of cinema, dance, and music. Tracing the gestural genealogies of film dance produces a very different narrative of Bombay cinema, and indeed of South Asian cultural modernities, by way of a corporeal history co-choreographed by a network of remarkable dancing women.

In the complex and contradictory process of social and ethnonational progress of Ukraine, the study of the original creative potentials of the nation becomes especially important not only in the historical and theoretical, but also in the regional aspect. In the domestic research area, we can see the appearance of studies aiming to form a special field of research – the regionics, which is designed to reveal the uniqueness and originality of the cultural environment within a particular local unit. The diverse palette of movements, gestures and poses has a strong ethnic color, reflecting national characteristics, psychological stereotypes, specific regional and local features, various perspectives of rhythmical thinking of people living in the domestic territory. The system of pictorial means is traditional and publicly available to the ethnic community as a certain sign system within the national or regional tradition. Problems and tasks of the article lie in the field of art studies, which develop issues of folk dance, the relationship between general and ethnospecific, traditional and new. In this context, the idea of relying on the historical traditions of Ukrainian spirituality as a source of self-preservation and burst for new development is increasingly put forward. All this determines the objective need for scientific analysis of authentic dance samples, which have been the bearers of certain ideas and concepts for many centuries and reflect the main features of ethnic mentality, rhythmical thinking, and «spiritual flair» of the people. On the basis of literary sources involving developments in ethnochoreology, artistic features of Volyn folk dance, its ethno-national specifics, which are manifested in both choreographic folklore and professional art, are analyzed and characterized. The aim of the work is to investigate the trends in the development of choreographic culture of Volyn and the problem of the relationship between traditions and innovations, which directly affects the creative process of the interpretation of authentic sources. The research methodology is based on the principles of an integrated approach and the application of analytical, historical, cultural and comparative-typological methods. The scientific novelty of the development is that a comprehensive art study of the original dance art of Volyn has been conducted, and its place and role in the modern spiritual and socio-cultural space has been determined. Given the dynamics of cultural and historical processes of today, it has been concluded that the choreographic art of the Volyn region continues to develop in the context of the all-Ukrainian tradition and is a part of it. The study made it possible to identify such a distinctive trend as the appeal to the original folk art and the development of newborn forms of dance on this basis. In the choreographic culture of Volyn, the abovedescribed trend reveals a complex dialectic of the interaction of tradition and innovation, with the predominance of the traditional component.

In “Encountering Greek American Soundscapes,” respected dance scholar and choreographer Anthony Shay investigates the context of Greek musical performances based on his experiences as a young folk dancer in California from the 1950s to 1970s. After first tracing immigration history and exploring the circumstances in which people listened to music, sang, played musical instruments, and danced in Greece, he then delineates the types of music in several different American contexts, as well as who plays or sings each genre and, who forms the audience. Among the contexts that he notes are church picnics, as well as Greek taverns and clubs such as Athenian Gardens and Greek Village.

автор исследует творческие интерпретации произведения поэта-гуманиста Низами Гянджеви (XII в.) из цикла «Хамсе» «Семь красавиц». Поэт, был подлинным эрудитом, знатоком не только коранических текстов, истории, античной и мусульманской философии, но и астрономии. Данная статья – попытка проследить ориентальную символику образов Гянджеви в одной из творческих интерпретаций поэмы «Семь красавиц», через призму хореографического и сценографического искусства. Метод исследования – семиотический анализ, объект исследования – балет «Семь красавиц», объединивший достижения современной европейской хореографии и средневековую восточную поэзию с присущей ей образностью, поставленный на музыку азербайджанского композитора Кары Караева. Композитор К. Караев активно использовал самобытные музыкальные традиции Азербайджана (музыкальные гармонии, мелодика ашугов и элементы народных азербайджанских ладов), сочетая их с европейскими мелодиями и ритмами. Анализируя фильм-балет «Семь красавиц» (1982, режиссер Федор Слидовкер) и новую постановку театра оперы и балета им. М.Ф. Ахундова (2011), автор прослеживает трансформацию либретто и предлагает собственное прочтение символики метафоричного произведения классика Низами Гянджеви. Поиски истины, красоты и справедливости всегда были уделом мыслящего человека. Восточные поэты воспевали этот поиск, этот долгий и трудный путь к истине, идеальному миру. Придворные интриги, роскошь дворца и повседневная жизнь простого народа, благородство, коварство и любовь переплелись в этой метафоричной восточной притче, которая легла в основу нескольких интерпретаций балета «Семь красавиц». Несмотря на большую степень условности, свойственной этому жанру сценического искусства, фильм-балет характеризуется драматургической многоплановостью, органическим сплетением развивающихся сюжетных линий, динамической взаимосвязью социального и лирико-психологического конфликтов. Трансформация либретто балета «Семь красавиц» свидетельствует о новом, более глубоком прочтении, приближению его к идейно-философской метафоричной концепции оригинальной поэмы Низами Гянджеви, воспетому поэтом вечному поиску истины, любви и справедливости со свойственной ему ориентальной образностью. the author explores creative interpretations of the work of the humanist poet Nizami Ganjavi (XII century) from the cycle "Khamse" – "Seven beauties". The poet was a true polymath, an expert not only in Quranic texts, history, ancient and Muslim philosophy, but also in astronomy. This article is an attempt to trace the Oriental symbolism of Ganjavi's images in one of the creative interpretations of the poem "Seven beauties", through the prism of choreographic and scenographic art. The method of research is semiotic analysis, the object of research is the ballet "Seven beauties", which combines the achievements of modern European choreography and medieval Eastern poetry with its inherent imagery, set to the music of the Azerbaijani composer Gara Garayev. The composer G. Garayev actively used the original musical traditions of Azerbaijan (musical harmonies, melodies of ashugs and elements of Azerbaijani folk modes), combining them with European melodies and rhythms. Analyzing the film-ballet "Seven beauties" (1982, directed by Fyodor Slidovker) and the new production of the Opera and ballet theater named after M. F. Akhundov (2011), the author traces the transformation of the libretto and offers his own interpretation of the symbolism of the metaphorical work of the classic Nizami Ganjavi. The search for truth, beauty, and justice has always been the province of the thinking man. Eastern poets sang of this search, this long and difficult path to the truth, the ideal world. Court intrigues, the luxury of the Palace and the daily life of the common people, nobility, guile and love are intertwined in this metaphorical Eastern parable, which formed the basis of several interpretations of the ballet "Seven beauties". Despite the great degree of conventionality inherent in this genre of stage art, the film-ballet is characterized by a dramatic diversity, an organic interweaving of developing storylines, and a dynamic relationship between social and lyrical-psychological conflicts. The transformation of the libretto of the ballet "Seven beauties" indicates a new, deeper reading, approaching it to the ideological and philosophical metaphorical concept of the original poem by Nizami Ganjavi, the poet's eternal search for truth, love and justice with its characteristic Oriental imagery.